Senate GOP looking to build a case against Jack Lew?
Senate Republicans are demanding the administration hand over all documents related to Jack Lew’s failure, when he was head of the Office of Management and Budget, to comply with a law aimed at ensuring Medicare’s solvency.
The demand, led by Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), is the latest sign the GOP may be intent on building a case against Lew, who was tapped by President Obama earlier this month to replace Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Lew has served most recently as Obama’s chief of staff.
Most GOP senators haven’t said how they would vote, but those who have are expressing reservations about Lew, who irritated Republicans during last summer’s debt talks. Sessions has said Lew “must never” be Treasury secretary and has criticized the former top Obama aide for submitting budgets that failed to receive any votes in Congress.
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Just submit, like on everything else.
Name 3 real men in DC, I triple dare you.
Schadenfreude on February 5, 2013 at 4:58 PM
OH dear, the senate r’s are all bent out of shape on lew? Well senate r’s how about kerry, hagel? Just wait till dear john puts his face on the tube to give the go ahead with another anti-American bho has nominated?
You r’s make me SICK, not a spine to be had in the whole blooming bunch, if you continue to give bho everything/anyone he wants! I will say, a very very precious few r’s do stand up for our Republic in the senate, Cruz is one.
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letget on February 5, 2013 at 4:59 PM
Sure they will and then they’ll fold and confirm him anyway.
JPeterman on February 5, 2013 at 5:03 PM
too easy
Hillary, Janet Nap, Debbie Shultzie.
arnold ziffel on February 5, 2013 at 5:11 PM
Give Obama the man he wants … the more incompetent – the more complete our victory will be when it all comes crashing down.
HondaV65 on February 5, 2013 at 5:15 PM
Building a case against Lew? Well, they won’t even be convinced by their own case (i.e., is the chance of filibuster greater than 0%? No? Exactly), so I don’t see the point.
besser tot als rot on February 5, 2013 at 5:55 PM